1 Corinthians 10:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The cup of blessing [of wine at the Lord's Supper] upon which we ask [God's] blessing, does it not mean [that in drinking it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the blood of Christ (the Messiah)? The bread which we break, does it not mean [that in eating it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the body of Christ?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Isn’t the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Isn’t the loaf of bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The cup of benediction that we bless, is it not a communion in the Blood of Christ? And the bread that we break, is it not a participation in the Body of the Lord?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?

1 Corinthians 10:16 Cross References

Luke 22:17

Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves,

Acts 2:42

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Acts 2:46

Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,

Acts 20:11

Then Paul went upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he continued to converse with them until dawn; then he left.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom you were called into the partnership of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 10:15

I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.

1 John 1:3

what we have seen and heard we also declare to you so that you also may have fellowship with us, and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

1 John 1:7

but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.